Why has polio returned to London and New York? - The Economist

A strain derived from the oral vaccine has gained dangerous mutations

POLIOMYELITIS (OR POLIO, for short) terrorised America and Europe until the 1960s. It paralysed more than 15,000 people a year in America and 8,000 in Britain, mostly children. There is no treatment … [+4371 chars]

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